WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Workaholic assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a much-needed vacation to the small tourist town of Plummerville. However, he soon finds himself in the crosshairs of a corrupt theme-park operator, a shady sheriff, and a bloodthirsty crime boss.

MOVIESinMO REVIEW

Bob Odenkirk returns as Hutch Mansell in this wild sequel that proves sometimes the most ordinary-looking dads pack the biggest punches. After the first movie surprised everyone in 2021, “Nobody 2” delivers more of what made the original work while adding a twisted family road trip twist that keeps things fresh. The story picks up three years later, with Hutch drowning in debt. Remember how he burned thirty million dollars of Russian mob money? Well, now he owes every penny back. To pay his bills, Hutch works as a hired killer for a mysterious boss called The Barber, played by Colin Salmon. The job keeps Hutch away from home constantly, and his family feels the distance growing between them. His wife, Becca, played by Connie Nielsen, knows what her husband does for work but follows a strict “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Their teenage son Brady carries anger about his absent father. At the same time, their younger daughter, Sammy, wants Daddy home more often. The family texts each other, knowing Hutch works a boring office job, but the truth weighs heavily on their hearts. Feeling guilty about missing so much family time, Hutch decides they need a vacation. He books a trip to Wild Bill’s Majestic Midway and Waterpark in the fictional town of Plummerville, Michigan. This cheesy water park holds special childhood memories for Hutch, who visited there with his father and adopted brother Harry years ago. He hopes returning will help repair his fractured family relationships.The park turns out exactly as run-down as you’d expect from a place advertising itself as “America’s oldest water park.” Their honeymoon suite reeks of old cigars and features fake tropical decorations that scream budget motel. Still, Becca appreciates Hutch making the effort, and the family commits to enjoying themselves together. Hutch’s father, David, a retired FBI agent played by Christopher Lloyd, joins the vacation but disappears for long stretches of the movie. This feels like a missed opportunity since Lloyd brings charm to every scene he appears in. Everything goes sideways at the local arcade when Brady gets into a fight with Max Martin, the park owner’s son. The boys scuffle over a girl, and Max ends up with an injured arm that could ruin his baseball dreams. When security guard Toby breaks up the fight, he unfairly blames Brady and orders the family to leave. The real trouble starts when Toby smacks little Sammy on the head for trying to grab her dropped stuffed animal. That moment flips Hutch’s switch completely. Despite promising Becca no violence on their trip, he storms back inside and destroys everyone who gets in his way. The arcade becomes a war zone as Hutch uses video game parts, phones, and whatever else he can grab as weapons. It’s brutal, creative, and exactly what fans expect from this character. This incident puts Hutch on Sheriff Abel’s radar, played by Colin Hanks as a corrupt small-town cop who runs dirty operations. The sheriff teams up with park owner Wyatt Martin, played by John Ortiz, who wants revenge for his son’s injury. Both men work for crime boss Lendina, brought to life by Sharon Stone, having an absolute blast as a villain who dances in pantsuits and stabs cheating gamblers. Unfortunately, Stone doesn’t get nearly enough screen time despite clearly enjoying every moment of her performance. Her character feels underdeveloped, which hurts the movie since she’s supposed to be the main threat. Director Timo Tjahjanto takes over from the first film’s director and brings his own style to the action sequences. The fight scenes flow like deadly dance numbers, especially during an extended boat tour where the guide keeps talking about local history while bodies fly around him. Hutch’s specialty remains turning everyday objects into weapons, and the water park setting provides endless creative possibilities. The movie builds toward a massive showdown where Hutch booby-traps the entire water park like Kevin McCallister in “Home Alone,” but with way more blood and broken bones. RZA returns as Hutch’s brother, Harry, adding martial arts mastery to the family line-up. What makes “Nobody 2” work isn’t only the outrageous violence, and there is plenty of it, but the emotional narrative about how violence damages families from generation to generation. Hutch struggles with the same anger that runs through his father and brother, and now he worries about passing those destructive traits to his own son. The family dynamics feel genuine despite all the cartoon-level brutality surrounding them. Odenkirk balances Hutch’s deadly skills with his genuine love for his family, making us care about this suburban assassin’s domestic problems. Nielsen gets more to do as Becca this time, showing strength beyond the typical worried wife role. With a thin runtime of 89 minutes, “Nobody 2” doesn’t overextend itself. The pacing keeps the film energetic, while also giving the characters just enough time to breathe between the fight scenes. The music is rocking, and the cover of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” worked well with the wild spirit of the film. Parents, watch out for this one; keep it away from any little ones! The violence gets extremely graphic with guns, knives, explosions, and disturbing images throughout. Characters drink heavily, use strong language, and engage in criminal activities that younger viewers shouldn’t see. “Nobody 2” succeeds as pure entertainment that doesn’t pretend to be anything deeper than it is. The movie knows it’s ridiculous and embraces that silliness while delivering solid action sequences and believable family relationships. While it recycles some ideas from the first film and wastes Sharon Stone’s talents, it provides enough thrills. It laughs to satisfy fans wanting more suburban dad mayhem. The newness of watching Bob Odenkirk kick some serious ass has waned just a little, but his devotion to the character helps to keep it from going stale. If you liked the combination of dark humor and imaginative violence in the first movie and wondered what else Odenkirk would put himself through in the second film, Nobody 2, then you are in for a treat. It has the same grisly violence and odd themes of family (which is taken in a decidedly un-family sort of way).

OUR RATING – A FAMILY VACATION 8

MEDIA

• Genre – Action
• Street date
• Digital – September 2, 2025
• DVD/BluRay/4K  – October 7, 2025
• Video – 1080p
• Screen size – 2.39:1
• Sound – English: Dolby Atmos, French: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
• Subtitles – English SDH, French, Spanish

Extras

• NOBODY 2: THE FIGHT CONTINUES – Cast and filmmakers reveal how NOBODY 2 ups the ante on action with new characters, more fighting, and spectacular style.
• NOBODY DOES STUNTS LIKE US – Bob Odenkirk and the stunt team break down the creative process of designing, rehearsing, and executing intense, imaginative fight sequences like only the NOBODY films can deliver.
• DELETED SCENES
• PLUMMERVILLE
• STRICTLY FAMILY
• KISS
• TIME MACHINE
• CREAMY FLOATER
• PREP FUNHOUSE
• NEED ANOTHER VACATION
• RETURNING CAST